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[ad_1] This article has been corrected. If you clicked the button above, you're currently pulling out bitcoin, the math-based digital currency that has recently passed $ 1,000 on exchanges. Congratulations. (It will do no harm to your computer, we promise it). The new bitcoins are created approximately every 10 minutes …

[ad_1] A wave of fear crossed the cryptocurrency community while Ethereum Classic (ETC) – the original version of the Ethereum network – was attacked. Basically, an unknown perpetrator has withdrawn and has altered the transactions on the network. In response, some exchanges have stopped transactions in the cryptographic resource, while …

[ad_2][ad_1] Last winter, while the bitcoin rose to $ 10,000, Mike Novogratz, a hedge-fund-manager-turned-crypto-investor, proclaimed he could "easily" reach $ 40,000. Then, when bitcoin beat $ 11,000, John McAfee's anti-virus software boldly predicted 1 million bitcoins by 2020. For an astonishing moment, when Bitcoin exceeded $ 20,000 per currency in …

[ad_2][ad_1] Christine Lagarde, director of the International Monetary Fund, presented the case for the digital currencies of the central bank (CBDC) at the Singapore Fintech Festival in November. The CBDCs, he suggested, could improve financial inclusion, security and privacy. Lagarde has also touched on cryptocurrencies, explaining that bitcoin and its …

[ad_2][ad_1] A funny thing happened on the bitcoin road in place of the legal currencies. The speculative crypto-mania has collapsed (again) this year and the original stateless digital token has lost 70% of its value. And then the technology companies massaged salt in the crypto bros wounds by appealing to …

[ad_2][ad_1] Brian Jeong recalls the frenzy that hit South Korea this time last year. From the cafes to the fast food restaurants of the city of Seoul, a new obsession has apparently emerged out of nowhere. "Last winter," recalled the analyst of BlockWater Capital, an investment company in digital assets, …

[ad_2][ad_1] Users with infected computers in Russia and South Korea are the two biggest redemption lenders to hackers who have mounted a global ransomware attack, called "Wannacry", yesterday, according to new data from Chainalysis, a software provider that works with the banks, the order forces and the bitcoin companies to …

[ad_2][ad_1] More and more determined and courageous separatists seeking international recognition of the self-proclaimed "Federal Republic of Ambazonia" (Southern Cameroon) have created a cryptocurrency which, according to them, is the first to be fully supported by the nation. Known as AmbaCoin, 20,082 of the cryptographic bond ambasciano had already been …

[ad_1] Devcon, the annual Ethereum developer conference, has been pretty subdued this year. Compared to the previous episode in the tourist resort of Cancún, the rally held in Prague from 30 October to 2 November 2018 has reflected the temperate exuberance as the prices of the cryptocurrency have returned to …

[ad_1] What does Captain Kirk do in his spare time? Apparently, tweets about cryptocurrency. In the last week, William Shatner joined the online debate on digital currencies and demonstrated strong support for the founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, who lost favor with a crypt. Shatner's simplest tweet labeled the 24-year-old …